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Zine Rubric

Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Front Matter: Cover/ Title Page, Table of Contents	Organizes material in a creative, clear, appropriate, and precise manner	Organizes the material in an effective manner that is appropriate and precise	Organizes the material in an appropriate manner, but may lack some clarity or consistency	Little evidence of a cohesive plan. Little or no description or detail
Introduction	Creatively catches the reader’s interest and gives important information for understanding the zine	Catches the reader’s attention and provides important information for understanding the zine	Does not catch the reader’s attention and fails to give the reader enough information to understand the zine	Does not acknowledge that the reader needs certain information to make the most of the zine
Zine Design	Creative presentation of zine format and design. Captures reader’s attention	Excellent presentation of zine format and design. Appealing to the reader	Good presentation of zine format and design. Interesting to read	Does not resemble zine format and design. Does not hold reader’s attention
Seven Creative Writing Pieces	Unified, focused compositions. Topic or ideas consistently clear. Details varied and vivid. Pieces are personal and meaningful	Generally well organized. Topics or ideas generally clear. Details generally varied and vivid. Pieces are personal and relevant	Topics, ideas, or plans may not be clear. Minimal use of supportive detail. Pieces are impersonal	Topic may be clear but no overall organizational plans. Little development of ideas. Pieces are impersonal
Conventions	Correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling,	Mostly correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling. The errors do not distract from the content	Frequent errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. The errors distract a little from the content.	Numerous problems with grammar, punctuation, and spelling. The errors distract greatly from the content.
Overall project	Presentation is very attractive and provides an excellent overview of topic.	Presentation is attractive and provides a good overview of topic.	Presentation is attractive and provides a fair overview of topic.	Presentation is poor and fails to provide an overview of topic.